Typical price: £249
What is it: 80GB hard drive PVR with dual digital tuners
What we think: Great performance but unfriendly functionality for the price
Average user rating
3.3
poor
Average user rating from 4 users
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Sony SVR-S500 user reviews
March 23, 2007
Posted by: Frank Skilbeck
"Don't believe the hype"
What I like:
It's a Digifusion FVRT200
What I don't like:
It's a Digifusion FVRT200
Review:
I haven't got one of these Sonys but looked at in the shop, it's basically a Digifusion FVRT200 (made by Beko) with a shiny Sony front panel. My second FVRT200 has just packed up and the web is awash with tales of woe of these units. It looks like Sony picked the wrong unit to badge engineer.
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